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New records of coniferous species (Gymnospermae, Pinidae) for the non-native woody flora of Tunisia and North Africa Cover

New records of coniferous species (Gymnospermae, Pinidae) for the non-native woody flora of Tunisia and North Africa

By: Ridha El Mokni  
Open Access
|Feb 2024

Abstract

Ten new taxa of gymnosperms are added to the non-indigenous woody flora of Tunisia, after almost two decades of botanical surveys. Four of them (Cryptomeria japonica, Pinus brutia var. pityusa, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca, Taxodium distichum var. distichum) are also new for the flora of North Africa. Pinus coulteri is here first reported for the Mediterranean Basin. Three genera (Cryptomeria, Pseudotsuga and Taxodium) are firstly recorded for the non-native vascular flora of Africa whereas two genera (Cedrus and Platycladus) are reported for the first time only for the woody flora of Tunisia. Brief descriptions together with filed photographs, global distributions and habitats at national scale are provided. Some taxonomic comments on their distinguishable features as well as updated keys are also presented.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2023-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1854-9829 | Journal ISSN: 1581-4661
Language: English
Page range: 119 - 136
Submitted on: Aug 5, 2022
Accepted on: Nov 14, 2023
Published on: Feb 16, 2024
Published by: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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